Remote Field Validation Engineer

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll be part of an inquisitive team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world.
Position Summary: This is a remote based position; in the Columbus, OH area, that works at the customer site to ensure customer happiness by providing installation qualification, operational qualification, and performance qualification (temperature mapping), that keeps equipment operating safely and effectively. Provides experienced level support to one or more Thermo product lines or applications. Actively promotes service offerings, new products, and upgrades.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 1 year of related Quality Assurance or Validation experience
• Strong customer service skills
• Up to 60% domestic overnight travel
• Maintain a valid driver’s license and safe driving record

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Experience supporting laboratory equipment (may include, but not limited to, centrifuges, incubators, refrigeration, ultra-low freezers).
• ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 Calibration
• GxP and GDP

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Microsoft Suite
• Work independently at customer site with minimal direction

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

While in customer locations, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds regularly and independently, lift and/or move up to 75+ pounds occasionally.

• Calibrations and validations on a wide range of laboratory equipment to ensure that the equipment is operating to the manufacturer’s specifications.
• Conduct validation or qualification tests of new or existing equipment, under internal protocols or external standards
• Prepare reports based on results of validation and qualification tests.
• Maintains tools, manuals and test equipment.